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How Soil Destroys Buildings

Expansive soils cause more property damage per year than earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, and tornadoes combined. Expansive soils are a slow-moving geologic phenomenon, which makes them not very news-worthy. However, they still cause a tremendous amount of damage to buildings and the public infrastructure we rely on every day.

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Building Services Engineering, Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics, and Building and Real Estate

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Foundations Soil mechanics Swelling soils

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